Purchase a domain

• $1+ per year (usually $5-$20 per year)
  • https://www.namecheap.com/
  • https://www.squarespace.com/
  • https://www.godaddy.com/

Domain Name System (DNS)

• Under the hood, websites are named with gibberish, also known as an IP address (“Internet Protocol”)
  • IPv4: 192.168.1.1
  • IPv6: 2400:cb00:2048:1::c629:d7a2
• DNS translates this to something readable
  • myawesomefilsssite.com

DNS Records

DNS Records

Nameservers

Tell the world what server holds the other records.

• I use Cloudflare as it has a good bit of protections and services for free.
• Including email forwarding!!
• Involves changing the nameserver listed with your provider to Cloudflare and verifying

Verification

• Google Sites: TXT and (sometimes) CNAME
• Canva: A and TXT
• GitHub: A and AAAA
• WordPress.com: A and CNAME

Pick a web hosting service

• Yourself
  • Good luck. (Security)
• Someone else – “A server somewhere in Arlington”
  • Digital Ocean
  • Cloudflare
  • Amazon

Pick a web hosting service and design

• WordPress.com
• Squarespace
• Wix

Set up Cloudflare

Adjust DNS settings as noted above to switch website to Cloudflare

Set up email forwarding

Email > Email Routing > Routing Rules > Create address

Make Google key

Manage Google Account > Security > Two-step verification

Make Google key

App passwords

Make Google key

Create a new app name, it will provide a password. Copy this; you’ll never see it again!

Set up forwarding

Accounts > Send mail as > Add another email address

Set up forwarding

Put your new forwarding email in the “Email address” box.

Set up forwarding

Paste the app key made above into the “Password” box.